Australian landowners get mining appeal rights

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Updated August 31, 2009 07:05:23

Landholders in eastern Australia will now be able to appeal to the Land and Environment Court if they feel mining companies on their land are breaching license conditions. That's in the wake of a court decision handed down in the town of Broken Hill in the eastern state of New South Wales.

Presenter: Nicky Redl
Speaker: Peter Long, lawyer with Slater & Gordon

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